Special Assessments FAQ 4

The former statutory section governing charges for current
services, Wis. Stat. sec. 66.60(16), provided lots of examples of what
kind of services could be charged for using that section and contained
language specifically providing that municipal authority was not limited
because of the enumeration of specific examples. When the statute was
revised and recreated as sec. 66.0627, that language was eliminated. Was
that change intended to limit municipal authority?

No. The language "without limitation because of enumeration" was
simply viewed as redundant and unnecessary and various legislative notes
accompanying the recodification of ch. 66 clearly indicate which
changes were intended to be substantive. That change was not noted as
being a substantive change. For more information, see Special
Assessments 646.